Shell extractor and ejector.



Paten ted Oct. 23, I900.

W. H. GATES. SHELL EXTRACTOR AND EJEGTOR.

(Application filedl-Tan. 8, 1900.)

(No Model.)

rAr E r Fries.

IVILLIAM H. GATES, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE FOREHAND ARMS COMPANY, OF MASSACHUSETTS.

SHE LL EXTRA CTOR AND EJECTOR, I

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 660,097, dated October 23, 1900; Application filed January 8, 1900. Serial No. 644. (N model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I,WILLIAM H. GATES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Worcester, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Shell Extractor and Ejector, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a shell-ejector designed to be used in a breech-loading gun of the breakdown type; and the object of this invention is to provide a simple, compact, durable, and inexpensive construction in which the parts are so arranged as to be entirely reliable in operation and not liable to accidental misplacement.

To these ends this invention consists of the parts and combinations of parts,as hereinafter described, and more particularly pointed out in the claims at the end of this specification.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional view of a portion of a gun provided with an ejector constructed according to this invention, showing the parts of the gun in their closed position. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the gun partially opened and illustrating the manner in which a positive motion may be imparted to the ejectorbolt. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the gun fully opened and the ejector-bolt released, so

0 as to throw the shell out of the gun. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the hinge-pin, and Fig. 5 is a sectional View taken on the line 5 5 of Fig. 1.

In a 'gun provided with an ejector con- 3 5 structed according to this invention the frame and barrel may be of the ordinary or approved construction, the barrel-lug being pivoted on a hinge-pin in the frame or in the usual manner.

40 Mounted in the barrel-lug of the gun is an ejector-bolt. The ejector-bolt is mounted at right angles to and in substantially the same plane as the hinge-pin-that is to say, the hinge-pin substantially intersects the line of 5 motion of the ejector-bolt. A spring normally tends to move back the ejector-bolt, and a spring-pressed lever is pivoted so that its pivot or turning-point is substantially in the line of motion of the ejector-bolt, preferably being mounted on the hinge-pin, and forming a catch for restraining the backward movement of the ejector-bolt until the gun is opened.

The ejector-bolt of a gun embodying this invention is preferably arranged to engage a notch or recess in the hinge-pin, and this is regarded as a feature of advantage, as this will not only serve to impart a short initial positive movement to the ejector-bolt, but so long as theend of the ejector-bolt is in engagement with the notch of the hinge-pin it will act as a key, preventing the hinge-pin from being turned or loosened when the gun is closed and the parts in their normal position, so that the hinge-pin can only be taken out when the gun is fully opened, thus avoiding a liability to accidents arising from attempts to take apart a loaded gun when in its closed condition.

Referring to the drawings and in detaiha 7o gun provided with a shell-ejector constructed according to this invention as herein illustrated comprises the ordinary frame 10 and barrel 11. The barrel and frame are pivotally connected bya hinge-pin 12 in the ordinary manner. The hinge-pin 12, as illustrated most clearly in Fig. 4, is provided with a notch or recess 13.

Carried by and longitudinally movable in the barrel-lug is an ejector-bolt 14, which is normally forced back by a coiled spring 15. The forward end of the ejector-bolt 14 fits into the notch 13 in the hinge-pin 12, so that as the gun is opened by turning the barrel on the hinge-pin, as illustrated in Fig. 2, a short positive motion will be imparted to the ejector-bolt to loosen or start the shell back out of the gun. Pivoted in the barrel-lug, with its pivot substantially in the line of motion of the ejector-bolt, preferablybeing pivo oted on the hinge-pin, is a lever 17. The lever 17 is provided at its rear end with a catch for engaging a recess in the ejector-bolt 14, while at its opposite end the lever 17 extends forward in front of the hinge-pin in 5 position to be brought into contact with the forward part of the gun-frame where the gun is fully opened. A spring 18 normally holds the rear end of the lever 17 up into engagement with the recess in the ejector-bolt. The ejector-bolt 14: is held in place and the rearward limit of its travel is determined by a stop-screw 16., By means of this construction it will be seen that an ejector constructed according to this invention consists, essentially, of but two parts or piecesthat is to say, it simply consists of the spring-pressed ejector-bolt and its holding-lever, which is pivotally mounted substantially in the line of movement of the ejector-bolt, and therefore is positioned to resist the tension of the ejector-bolt spring, while to impart a positive extracting motion to the ejector-bolt a notch or recess in the hinge-pin is utilized, thus securing a positive motion without the use of other parts or connections than those necessarily employed in a gun, whether provided with this ejector or not.

When the parts of a gun provided with an ejector constructed according to this invention are in their normal position, as illustrated in Fig. 1, or the gun is but partially opened, as illustrated in Fig. 2, it will be noted that the forward end-of the ejectorbolt by engagement with the notch in the hinge-pin acts as a key, preventing the turning or withdrawal of the hinge-pin. When the gun is fully opened, as illustrated in Fig. 3, the hinge-pin may be removed and the gun taken apart in the ordinary manner.

As shown most clearly in Fig. 5, the' lever 17 is located in a recess in the barrel-lug, and during the normal operation of the gun the lever 17 will be held in place by being pivoted on the hinge-pin, and in order to prevent the lever 17 from dropping out of place when the gun is taken apart I preferably employ a light cross pin or Wire 19, which engages a notch on the under side of the lever 17, so as to prevent the displacement of the lever 17 when the gun is taken apart, but leaving the lever 17 free to turn to the required extent to produce the desired action when the parts of the gun are in their normal position.

I am aware that changes may be made in applying this ejector to guns by those who are skilled in the art without departing from the scope of this invention as expressed in the claims. I do not wish, therefore, to be limited to the construction herein shown and described; but

- tending to move back the ejector-bolt, and a holding-lever consisting of a single piece having an integral catchengaging the recess in the ejector-bolt and pivoted in the barrel-lug substantially in the line of movement of the ejector-bolt, said parts being combined and arranged so that the complete backward movement of the ejector-bolt will be re strained until the catch of the lever is released from the recess in the ejector-bolt, substantially as described.

2. In a breech-loading gun of the breakdown type, the combination of the frame, the barrel having a barrel-lug pivoted to the frame by a hinge-pin, an ejector-bolt movable longitudinally in the barrel-lug, so that its line of movement substantially intersects the hinge-pin, a spring normally tending to move back the ejector-bolt, and a holding-lever pivoted on the hinge-pin, and consisting of a single piece having an integral catch engag= ing a recess in the ejector-bolt, said lever extending forward in front of the hinge-pin in position to engage the forward end of the frame and be released thereby when the gun is opened, substantially as described.

3. In a gun, the combination of a frame, a barrel, a hinge-pin connecting said parts, a spring-pressed ejector-bolt, a lever pivoted on the hinge-pin and arranged to prevent the ejector-bolt from flying completely back until after the gun is opened, and a retaining-wire engaging a notch in the lever to prevent the lever from dropping out of place when the pivot-screw is removed, and the gun taken apart, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM H. GATES. Witnesses:

JOHN F. ORoWELL, PHILIP W. SOU'IHGATE. 

